Elis Head South Looking to Continue Winning Ways

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – After opening the season with two wins in one day at Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center last Sunday, the Yale men's tennis team heads south looking to continue its winning ways this weekend. The Bulldogs play a pair of matches in Virginia, visiting William & Mary Saturday and Old Dominion Sunday.

This is Yale's first meeting with William & Mary since 2003, a 4-3 Tribe win. W&M (4-3) is playing its second straight Ivy League opponent, having fallen to Dartmouth 4-0 last weekend at the Tribe Kickoff. The Tribe's other two losses have come to ranked opponents, No. 28 Notre Dame (7-0) and No. 65 Northwestern (6-1). No. 1 singles player Anton Andersson delivered the only win in the matchup with the Wildcats, taking a three-setter vs. NU's Sidarth Balaji. Andersson, a native of Sweden, was first team All-CAA last year.

Yale beat Old Dominion 4-3 last year during the "Battle at the Beach" tournament. ODU (1-3), which plays Winthrop on Saturday, has lost to a pair of ranked opponents in No. 19 Georgia Tech (7-0) and No. 69 Georgia State (6-1). The Monarchs just picked up their first win with a 7-0 victory over Norfolk State on Wednesday. No. 1 singles player Krzysztof Muzalewski, a native of Poland, was a second team All-CAA selection in singles and a first team selection in doubles last year. He fell to Hoffman at No. 3 in last year's meeting between these two teams.